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Ecuador first stop on Pope tour, highlights environment exhortation
2015-07-03 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It is one of the most biodiverse nations on earth, boasting the Amazon rainforest, Andean mountains and the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution. Yet with a heavy reliance on oil and mining, Ecuador, where Pope Francis begins his South America tour this weekend, is a prime example of tensions between politics, business and the environment at the heart of last month's landmark encyclical. In the first papal document dedicated to the environment, the Argentine-born...
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